PHLOX PANICULA^TA. 
WHITE PANICLED PHLOX. 
Ctaxs. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLEMONIACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America. 
5 feet. 
Aug. Sept. 
Perennial 
in 1813. 
No. 350. 
Tho derivation of the word Phlox, we have had 
previous occasion to notice. Paniculata, a botanical 
term, used in reference to a mode of flowering in 
which the partial footstalks are variously subdivided, 
as exemplified in the plant before us. 
In addition to the white variety, which we now 
give, of Phlox paniculata, there is also a purple one, 
which was brought from America many years pre- 
viously. They are extremely handsome autumn- 
flowering plants, which on account of their very 
showy character, should occupy a prominent place, 
whether it he in the shrubbery or in the flower garden. 
When in full gaiety they exhibit one continuous dress 
of delicate blossoms. 
It will often occur, particularly in light and par- 
tially peaty soils, that the Phlox paniculata so far 
exhausts the earth of the stimulating qualities neces- 
sary for its luxuriant growth, that it will refuse to 
throw out its roots more than about two years in the 
same spot. Afterwards it will spread round the 
sides, whilst the roots in the centre, decay ; hence the 
propriety of a division, and replanting, every other 
year at farthest. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 324. 
